Indo-Chinese : Chilli Chicken Dry !

Time for some Indo - Chinese recipe….what say ?!
The thought of Indo - Chinese recipes..makes you feel the Sweet - Sour - Spicy..all in one shot ..bring it on..Chilli Chicken Dry : Indo - Chinese style :-)

Chilli Chicken

Ingredients :

Boneless Chicken - 1/2 lb 

Chopped Bell Pepper / Capsicum - 1 to 1 1/2 cup( I used orange & yellow colored peppers )

Broccoli Florets - 1 cup

Chopped Onion - 1/2 cup ( I didn't use the onion for some reason )

Chopped Carrot - 1/2 cup

Chopped celery - 1/2 cup

Chopped Garlic & Ginger - 2 table spoons

Dry Red chili - 2

Sweet & Sour sauce - 3 table spoons

Soy Sauce - 1/2 table spoon

Red Hot sauce - 4 to 5  table spoons

Red chili powder / ground pepper powder - 1 tea spoon (OPTIONAL)

Oil - 3 to 4 table spoons

Sesame oil - 1/2 tea spoon (OPTIONAL)

Salt - As per the taste

Preparation :

- Dice the chicken into small to medium cubes.

- Wash the chicken thoroughly in the running water.

- Add 1 tea spoon of salt to the chicken & steam / boil the chicken in a pan, until well cooked.

- Don't add any extra water / oil to the chicken, steam it slowly under low to medium heat, until the chicken is cooked and all the water from the chicken is evaporated.

Steamed Chicken

- Mean while, chop the vegetables, ginger & garlic.

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- Don't have to chop all the vegetable too finely, let the pieces be small to medium sized.

- Heat the oil in the pan and fry Chopped ginger & garlic, dry red chillies.

Chilli Chicken Dry

- Add all the chopped vegetables to the fried seasoning in the pan.

Chilli chicken dry

- Add a pinch of salt to this seasoning and give a good toss.

Chilli Chicken Dry

- Add the steamed chicken to the pan.

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- Stir well and let the vegetables & chicken be fried for few minutes.

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- Add the sweet & sour sauce, red hot sauce to the vegetables, chicken & stir well.

Chilli chicken dry

- NOTE 1 : If you don't have sweet & sour sauce you can use tomato ketchup as well & also if you don't have red hot sauce, just substitute it with red chili powder but taste might differ. Also you can add other vegetables too, like cabbage, scallion / spring onions as per your preference.

- NOTE 2 : While adding sauce & cooking, make sure you cook on low heat.

- Add the ground pepper powder (OPTIONAL) & adjust the salt, stir well and let the chilli chicken dry cook under low heat.

Chilli chicken dry

- Once done, turn off the heat and add the soy sauce to the chili chicken dry and stir well.

- Before serving just coat the Chilli Chicken dry with little sesame oil & sprinkle some sesame seeds but this is totally OPTIONAL.

Chilli Chicken dry is all ready, you can have it with some stir fried rice / noodles on side !

Indo chinese style chili chicken recipe